Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/üskä

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

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Etymology

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Cognate with Proto-Samic *ëskē. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

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*üskä

  1. lap (upper legs of a seated person)
    Synonym: *süli

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: üsk
  • ? Finnish: yskä
  • Karelian: yskä
  • Livvi: ysky
  • Ludian: üsk
  • Veps: üsk
  • Võro: üsk

Further reading

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  • üsk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “yskä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN